From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 24 04:30:02 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4313816A41F for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 04:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout2.cac.washington.edu (mxout2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.4]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A39313C465 for ; Thu, 24 May 2007 04:30:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.33.7] (may be forged)) by mxout2.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4O4U0Rc019171 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Wed, 23 May 2007 21:30:01 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.10.45] (c-67-166-149-71.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [67.166.149.71]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW07.03) with ESMTP id l4O4U0AM017827 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 23 May 2007 21:30:00 -0700 Message-ID: <465514F1.4020306@u.washington.edu> Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 21:30:41 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (Windows/20070326) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Grant Peel References: <003001c79d5e$8af57fe0$6501a8c0@GRANT> In-Reply-To: <003001c79d5e$8af57fe0$6501a8c0@GRANT> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.3.1.294258, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.1.298604, Antispam-Data: 2007.5.23.211434 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='SUPERLONG_LINE 0.05, __CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Cc: Richard Rice , "Brown, Steve" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Cloning X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 04:30:02 -0000 Grant Peel wrote: > Just because it was brought up..... > > Can Norton Ghost, run from a floppy be used to clone a FreeBSD disk? > > (SCSI -> SCSI) > > -Grant > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Brown, Steve > To: Richard Rice ; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 12:31 PM > Subject: RE: Cloning > > > I clone Thinkpads all the time with G4L. I haven't used G4U but from what I gather it's what G4L is based on (either the code or the concept - not sure). > > You can clone everything including the recovery partition no problem. > > The only snag I've run into doing this is with some of the older systems that shipped with a 15 head hard disk. You can clone them all you want but it has to be to another 15 head disk. Same limitation applies regardless of the cloning software. > > I usually use an ftp server to store and retrieve the images but I've done it direct to the new drive via a USB enclosure also. > > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Richard Rice > Sent: Sunday, April 08, 2007 11:09 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Cloning > > > Any ideas on cloning an IBM T60 Thinkpad with G4U (Ghost for You)? The > T60 comes with a recovery partition. First I killdisk the drive, > re-install Windows XP. Then I want to capture an image with G4U so that > I can clone other T60 machines. Is this possible with G4U? My present > imaging software, Imagecaster, fails. > > Richard I don't see why not, as long as you choose the partition option, then very carefully install the FreeBSD MBR a little bit later. Note the difference between DOS partitions (actually slices) and FreeBSD partitions. -Garrett